During the next two months (May and June 1907) only minor outrages and robberies were committed, but that quiescence was enlivened by two feats that set out in relief the coolness and unflinching courage of these desperados.
Moreover, it was they that instructed my father in championship and feats of arms, and they loved him very much; so that even if I should forgive you his death they would not.
Think of new feats of marvel and magic never before considered possible; and done secret by electricity.
Girls do not likefeats of strength; nor was it until the spell of wet weather last October, when outdoor games became impossible, that the gymnasium began to attract at all.
At a modern school, if it is well conducted, all heroics or exceptional feats are discouraged.
Happy was the wild boy, now roaming free about the world, where his feats of waggery never failed to secure him a good reception.
Her airy lightness, his audacity; the exactitude with which they both performed their feats of art,--raised the universal satisfaction higher at every step and spring.
People laugh at us," he said, "and admire our featsof skill; but their admiration does nothing for us.
His feats had, however, in most instances, the character of an unwarrantable oppression, notwithstanding that they were sometimes accompanied by traits of a generous and chivalric spirit.
Hitherto the wild feats of the marauder had met with continual success; no reverse had lessened his control over his followers, nor lowered his individual pride.
Oftentimes he introducesfeats of skill on a horse into his ceremonies.
As Jimmy Watson was particularly small and fragile, Abijah generally chose feats of strength and skill for these prearranged performances.
Surely there is no difficulty in answering that question, surely there has never been anyone to compare with Samson in wonderful feats of strength!
They were not strangers to her, for she had often witnessed their fencing feats in the salle d'armes.
You yourself have witnessed his feats in the salle d'armes; you have seen him disarm in swift succession the best fencers among your officers.
He thought of himself performing feats with the sign language and chance linguistics amidst a circle of admiring rustics.
Reginald and War–Eagle were side by side, each endeavouring to outdo the other in feats of gallantry, and at the same time to watch over the safety of his friend.
Their feats of war, brilliant as they were, formed only a minor part of the glory of their intricate and perilous voyages in a hostile sea.
Collins) many performed featsof incredible audacity at point-blank range, and all but two returned.
He ordered his London agent to send on one of these machines regardless of cost, if they were really able to do the feats claimed.
In spite of his palpitating heart, he exposed himself to fatigues and performed feats of endurance which a sound man might well have avoided.
Madame de Palme manifested during the entire course of our ride a feverish excitement which betrayed itself more particularly in reckless feats of horsemanship.
After all his feats of my being influenced against him, he might have distrusted himself.
Whitest of buckskin has been ornamented with brightest of beads, and over all hangs the gaudiest of blankets, it may be a musk-ox-skin with the feats of the warrior set forth in rude drawings on the smooth side.
But it was during the time of the Indian Mutiny that they performed feats of valour for which we British men, as well as the women, owe them heartfelt gratitude.
O valorous errant, whose true exploits surpass and obscure the fabulous feats of the Amadises, Esplandians, and Belianises of old!
How do the knights discourse of my high feats of arms, and my courteous behaviour?
To frighten them the more, he caused one of the cannons to be discharged, and then his best-trained horses and riders were brought out, and various terrifying feats performed before them.
So great was the confidence inspired in the breast of this chief, by the use of fire arms, that he pushed into the Iroquois country like a mad man, and performed some feats against a people armed with bows only, which are astonishing.
Manabozho may be considered as a sort of terrene Jove, who could perform all things whatever, but lived some time on earth, and excelled particularly in feats of strength and manual dexterity.
For they gather together everything from the fabulous feats of Manebozho and Misshozha, to the hair-breadth escapes of a Pontiac, or a Black Hawk.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "feats" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
